A statement by KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar on Tuesday, alleging that Higher Education Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayan had discreetly met KPCC campaign committee chairman M.B. Patil, has triggered speculations on cohesion in the party.
While both Mr. Patil and Mr. Narayan refuted that the alleged meeting had ever taken place, Mr. Shivakumar told presspersons here that the Minister had met Mr. Patil to request him not to raise the issues of corruption in his department.
